Shakespeare splits the scene into four parts we know this due to people entering and exiting from the scene. The first part is when Romeo and Juliet are in the bedroom. Romeo has to leave because it is dawn and he would be caught if he didn’t leave. In the second part Romeo exits the scene and the nurse comes in to warn Juliet that her mother is coming in her room to see her. When her mother arrives they talk about Tybalts death and how Lady Capulet wants revenge.
Shall give him such an unaccustomed dram this shows that lady Capulet wants to poison Romeo to get her revenge for Romeo killing Tybalt. Further into the part of the scene Lady Capulet tells Juliet that Capulet has arranged for her to be married,
the county Paris…make thee a joyful bride this is very ironic because earlier on in the play Capulet told Paris that Juliet wasn’t old enough to get married and when she did it would be to someone she loved. The impact this has on the audience is that Capulet cares for his daughter and that he wouldn’t let her marry anyone who she didn’t like. However when Lady Capulet announces that Juliet is going to marry Paris the audience thinks that either Capulet has forgotten what he told Paris or he wants to get rid of Juliet.
In the 3rd part of the scene Capulet come in to here that Juliet is happy that she is getting married. However Juliet refuses to get married. This is because she is already married to Romeo and if she was to get married to Paris Juliet would become a bigamist and this could cost her, her life at the time. Upon hearing this Capulet flies into a furious rage with Juliet and is verbally abusive toward Juliet.
out you green sickness carrion! Out you baggage! You tallow face! this shows that Capulet has a very short temper it shows that at the time Capulet had all the power in the house and he could throw Juliet out of the house with a click of his fingers if he wanted to. This also shows how little women were respected at the time that this play was written.
In the scene the language used by Shakespeare is very dramatic. He creates pathos for Juliet many times. When Juliet says
if all else fail, myself have power to die this makes the audience feel sorry for Juliet as she has just lost the two most important men in her life, Tybalt and Romeo, and then she is told to marry Paris. Then of all the people, the nurse who Juliet had a strong bond with, told Juliet to forget about Romeo and move on. After this Juliet would never forgive the nurse.
The themes in the scene are based on conflict, fate, blame and consequence.
Foe blame the audience is made to blame Capulet however we are from the 21st century. In the 16th century the audience would have probably have been in total agreement with the way Capulet reacted and would have blamed Juliet for the problems she went through. For conflict it would be the argument between Capulet and Juliet. This happened when Juliet told Capulet that she wouldn’t marry Paris.
In this scene Shakespeare uses a lot of dramatic irony when lady Capulet says
well girl, though weep’st…. villain lies which slaughtered him this is ironic because lady Capulet thinks Juliet is crying because the person who killed Tybalt still lives (Romeo) however Juliet is crying because Romeo has gone to Mantua and she may never see him again.
In this scene Shakespeare uses harsh language towards Juliet, creates pathos for Juliet and uses dramatic irony to make this scene one of the most dramatic in the play.
